Meta Platforms has scaled up its massive AI data-center project in Northeast Louisiana to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, a build now expected to cost more than $50 billion and rank among the largest facilities of its kind in the world.
Richland Parish, Louisiana · Project Hyperion
Meta Doubles Down on a 5-Gigawatt AI "Titan Cluster"
Meta has scaled its Northeast Louisiana AI campus to 5 GW of compute — a build now expected to top $50 billion and rank among the largest facilities of its kind on Earth.
5 GW
Planned compute capacity
$50B+
Headline build cost
~4M ft²
Site footprint, ~11 buildings
4M+
Homes' worth of power drawn
From first plan to today: capacity more than doubled
Same unit (GW of compute) — column height scales with the value.
2 GW
Original plan
5 GW
Current plan
2.5× the compute — and a price tag that jumped from ~$10B to $50B+.
Powering the load
Entergy plans ~7.5 GW of new gas generation to feed the site
~10
new combined-cycle gas units
$27B
Blue Owl Capital joint venture
$1B+
for local roads, water & sewer
Build timeline & jobs
Underway
Construction begun; substation broken ground
→
By 2030
~2 GW first phase online
→
Beyond
Scaling toward full 5 GW
Peak build: 5,000+ workers · Ongoing operations: 500+ jobs
Supporters point to
Economic lift for a rural parish of ~20,000
High-wage construction & operational jobs
Higher tax revenue, school & nonprofit grants
Critics warn of
Higher electricity bills for other customers
Heavy reliance on new natural-gas plants
Limited transparency & no competitive bidding
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